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    Council tax bill

    For what... For what... Just under £1500 per year (Band E) to have our bins emptied every fortnight, the street light outside our house still doesn't work properly (comes on when it wants to), no salt / grit in the bins (which isn't a problem now but a couple of months ago made life...
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    Brookson charge for Company Closure

    I used to be with Freelance and because i got fed up with poor service and poor customer services, decided that i would take over the running of my company myself. They still charged me (my company) £293 to 'transfer' the company. No amount of explaining that i wasn't transferring, i just...
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    Cheapish hotel accommodation in London

    Many thanks... Many thanks... for all the responses. I was hoping that somebody could name a particular hotel / B&B that they have personally used and could therefore recommend. Have already looked at Laterooms.com and the Premier Inn web sites and will probably go with something on there...
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    Cheapish hotel accommodation in London

    Many thanks for the somewhat helpful responses. I have heard of Laterooms.com et all and even Google but i did ask in my OP for recommendations i.e. a hotel based on peoples own experiences since i gather from the posts on this site that quite a lot of IT people work in London.
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    Cheapish hotel accommodation in London

    Morning, After some info / advice from anybody who has used hotels / overnight accommodation in London. I have booked myself onto a 2 day training course in London early next year and when making the booking i asked if they could provide details of hotels relatively close to the venue which...
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    Please put more jokes here

    My wife sat down on the couch next to me as I was flipping channels. She asked, 'What's on TV?' I said, 'Dust.' And then the fight started... ****************************************** My wife and I are watching "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" while we were in bed... I turned to her and...
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    Apple Memory

    Duff modules Duff modules Hi, An update in case anybody happens on this thread with the same problem. Have spoken to the vendor (Crucial) and apparently there is a problem with a batch of modules which prevents them from operating together hence ok with the original 1Gb module but no go when...
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    Apple Memory

    Morning, I have an Apple iMac that i bought 2 years ago and which came with 1GB of memory. I recently decided to increase the memory to the maximum allowable as outlined in the instruction booklet that came with it and as identified using Cruicial.com diagnostic tool. So, when the new memory...
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    Motorways

    I think the Highway Code says that you can undertake if the traffic in the outside lane is slow moving.
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    Home CCTV

    Cheers guys, Essentially, things are going missing from the front garden and drive (before anybody says anything, no we don't have any gnomes:wink), nothing major, things like bird feeders, black plastic caps off of the wheel nuts on out cars, flowers being pulled from the flower beds. Also my...
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    Home CCTV

    Evening, Been having a couple of problems with kids round our way so I am considering installing a CCTV system, 2 -3 cameras, motion detection recording. Has anybody got any recommendations for home cctv systems? Regards Alan
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    Elan Self Billing & Invoices

    I generate my own Invoice but that is purely to get the remittance into my Company Accounting software. It wont hurt. Alan
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    Samsung LED TV

    Got it from Amazon - a little over £1100. Shopped around and there was not much difference really. Found a couple of places slightly cheaper (on the internet) but by the time you factored in the Delivery, it worked slightly more. Local Comet had them in stock (£1199 i think) but weren't...
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    Samsung LED TV

    Just got it today and set up now - it is fantastic. Had a Sony Bravia before but the picture on this is so clear, well pleased. If you are in the market for a new TV, recommend the Samsung LED 7020.
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    Samsung LED TV

    No, LED - See linky

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